H3O Church Podcast

Sharing the Gospel often starts with living a beautiful life, but at some point there also comes a time to share the good news with our words. This week, Mon explores what that looks like in a natural, loving but bold way.

As Christians share the good news in their everyday life, it is actually just joining in a conversation that The Holy Spirit is already having with someone. Todd this week shares how we can notice what The holy Spirit is already doing and how we can join in.

This week, Todd explains why H3O as a church is so invested in reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people. Todd explains how, in our context, H3O feels that this is an expression of the heart of the Gospel.

Throughout this series we are not just teaching on witness, but also interviewing people in our community about how they practice witness in their context and everyday life. Here is interview 1 with Cathy.

The good news of Jesus is often felt and experienced before it's explained. This week, Todd explores the way Jesus embodied this and how we as a community can do the same.

It's famously said that in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is either at a meal, coming from a meal or going to a meal. This week, Todd look at what we can learn as followers of Jesus and how he practiced hospitality and how that relates to our wider witness.

Everyone who's heard about Jesus found about from someone else meaning that witnessing is a key part of our life of faith. This week, Cam explores what witnessing can look like in our modern context and what the motivation has to be to bear lasting fruit.

We live in a world that constantly tells us we need more, but Paul says contentment is something we can actually learn. Todd in this sermon, explores how comparison, control, consumption, and circumstances rob us of peace, and how Jesus strengthens us to be content in our actual real life as it is, not just when our circumstances improve.

What does it actually mean to belong to Jesus’ kingdom while living in today’s world? In this sermon, Andrew explores Paul’s call to reject worldly patterns, imitate faithful examples, and live with confidence in Christ’s promise to renew all things.

On Palm Sunday, the crowd welcomed Jesus as King, but they misunderstood the kind of kingdom He came to establish. In this message, Todd explores how Jesus redefines power through the cross, and invites us to surrender to a kingdom that looks nothing like the one we naturally want.

Mon explores Jesus’ confronting question in Mark 8 and exposes how easily we shape Him into a version that fits our desire for control, comfort, and success. This message invites us into the costly but deeply joyful way of Jesus. The path of surrender, self-giving love, and a life that is ultimately worth it.

We spend so much of our life trying to prove ourselves through success, approval, security, morality, or even religion, only to find that it never quite makes us feel settled. This week as we look at Philippians 3, Todd explores why climbing the ladder of worth is so exhausting, and why the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus offers us a deeper, steadier place to stand.

The passage today is a part B of last week where Paul told us what we should be doing. This week, Cam explores why we should be doing it and how we will have the strength to and what it means for us personally, but also as a community of believers on the Northern Beaches.

As we continue looking at Paul's letter to the church in Philippi, we see his instructions to imitate Christ's life in our own. This week, Todd explores what this mean for today.

Does our physical posture during worship matter? What's the heart behind sung worship? Does the Bible have anything to say about this? This week, special guest Matt Gelding from Soul Survivor looks at all these things.

What does it look like to live a life worthy of the Gospel? How can we do this without it being a guilt driven process? This week Todd explores all of this and more. Scripture: Philippians 1:27-30.

In such a crazy time in the world, we're realising that the things we build our life on can be taken away at a moments notice. This week, Todd looks at what Paul considers the true life and asks us what have we been building our life on and finding our identity in. Scripture: Philippians 1:12-26

We have started a new series in Philippians and this week, Todd takes a look at Chapter 1 with the core concept of; what God started to grow in us, He will continue to grow. But what's a good marker for spiritual growth and what's our participation in this spiritual growth? Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11

Over the many years of hearing the Christmas story, has it lost a sense of it's glory, awe and wonder? This week Cam relates the Christmas story to our everyday life and how it gives us hope in even the worst situations.

This week Jess takes us through the beauty of The Magnificat - "The First Christmas Carol" - and explores what we can learn about God from it. Song: The Magnificat (Holy is His Name) - Community Music

**Disclaimer: We had a tech issue with this podcats hence the poor audio. Apologies for that!* As we draw near to Christmas, we're looking at the Christmas experience through Mary's eyes, the mother of Jesus. This week, Todd looks at The Annunciation, Mary's response to God calling her and what we can take from that for our lives today.

When you're feeling shame or guilt, how do you picture God looking at you? This week Todd explores Hosea 11 with this question in mind.

This week we pause our Hosea series as Andrew takes us through a beautiful moment in Luke's Gospel that looks at the true nature of faith, grace a forgiveness and the invitation to shalom.

What if God’s judgment isn’t about punishment, but healing? In this message from Hosea 4–6, Cam explores how Israel's story is our story and unpacks how God’s love is like a physician, diagnosing what’s broken, cutting to restore, and binding us back to life.

The book of Hosea presents a confronting metaphor. As we kick off our new teachings series, Todd steps us through this metaphor and how it reveals the endless love of God who doesn't give up on his people.

For the final episode of our Life Together series, Andrew looks at how Jesus called a rag tag bunch of people to help Him spread His message. Is it any different today? Can anyone be called by Jesus? If yes, how can we make that happen as a community?

This week, Todd shares how in a world that is so quick to define who's in and who's out, we can instead be a community defined by what direction we're headed.

Christian community may be nice, but it's also hard. This week Mon looks at how Jesus served his community, and how we should realistically approach our own community.

Despite the beautiful elements of Christian Community, it can also be really hard. This week, Todd breaks down the complexity of shame and it's ripple effect on us and our relationships and how Jesus has a greater promise for us than to stay stuck there.

This week Jess unpacks why we should share our joys and sorrows with each other and how it can help transform us more into a community of love.

In a culture that is increasingly disconnected, the table pulls us back together into a family. And in a culture that excludes, the table throws open its doors and makes room for the under-invited. This week Cam looks at the table and its central place throughout Christian history.

In a culture marked by loneliness and individualism, Jesus offers us something deeper: a community that doesn’t just feel like family, but truly is family. This week in our opening of a new series, Todd explores the New Testament vision of church as household, why discipleship can’t happen in isolation, and how cultivating different layers of community leads to transformation and belonging.

With all of the wisdom we have got from this James series, how can we apply it in our current moment? This week Todd gives us a framework to respond like Jesus.

How do we hold the tension of this passage and experiences of unanswered prayer? This week Mon delivers us a powerful reminder that prayers are powerful and we are encouraged to pray always. Scripture: James 5:13-18.

There's warnings all throughout scripture about the deceitfulness and power of wealth, and this week Cam explores James' prophetic judgement on the rich of his time and what we can take from it today as followers of Jesus living in the western world. Scripture: James 5:1-6 The link mentioned is: https://www.h3o.church/stewardship

Words don’t just fill silence, they form our souls. This week, Andrew looks at James 3:1-12 which reminds us that our speech carries the power of life and death, and calls us to become Spirit-shaped people whose words reflect the love and truth of Jesus.

We all face conflict, but James says the true battle starts in the heart. This week Todd explores how before we seek resolution out there, we’re invited to confront what’s going on within.

In a world obsessed with appearances and status, favouritism feels normal — and we often show it without even realising. This week, Mon shows us how James invites us to see others the way Jesus does: with love that’s impartial, inclusive, and rooted in grace.

James says to “consider it pure joy when you face trials”—but what happens when that verse is weaponised in the face of real abuse? Cam and Todd unpack the difference between redemptive suffering and preventable harm—and how the church can walk with wisdom, justice, and hope.

Suffering is something we avoid at all costs. But James opens his letter with a radical claim: that trials might actually be a gift. In this message, Cam explores what that means—and how it could change everything about how we face hardship.

Ever feel like you're trying to follow Jesus but your life’s being pulled a different direction? This week, Todd explores the quiet tension of divided loyalty, the invitation James offers toward wholeness, and how grace—not guilt—leads us back to a more integrated, grounded faith.

This week, Lyndal takes us through how reconciliation is at the very heart of the Gospel and is crucial for followers of Jesus to engage in. With this in mind, we look at National Reconciliation Week and the contextual example that is for us in Australia.

This week, we get a practical example of how Lucy, from Horizons Family Law Centre, lives out her faith in a line of work that has a reputation of being notoriously difficult to do so. More information on Horizons Family Law Centre can be found at horizonsfamilylaw.org.au

Continuing along our theme of the Sacred Work sermon series, Todd and Cam sit down and discuss, what happens if you find your job mundane, boring or can't work out how it contributes to God's greater plan.

This week Todd invites us to see our work—paid, unpaid, seen or unseen—as deeply meaningful to God. Whatever your role, your everyday faithfulness becomes part of God’s restoration story.

Why would a king ride a donkey instead of a war horse? Why would he wear a crown of thorns instead of gold? This Palm Sunday, Todd shows us how Jesus redefines power, leadership, and hope — and why his upside-down kingdom is still the best news the world has ever heard.

In a world overwhelmed by noise, how do we find what’s real? Lyndal this week shows us how Jesus calls us to discern by fruit, build on the rock, and stay anchored to His truth. This message shows us how to live faithfully in an age of confusion.

What if judgment reveals more about us than others? In this episode, we explore Jesus’ words in Matthew 7 and the call to live with mercy.

Jesus' teachings on money and not worrying can sometimes sound crazy to our modern ears, but what if God actually does know what we need?